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This week news about the Finnish Game Industry brings several major updates. Housemarque revealed a new trailer for Saros, now available for pre-order, and Remedy Entertainment announced that Control Resonant is coming to PS5 in 2026. The backbone of the Finnish game industry is its developer community, and thanks to the long-term work of IGDA Finland, that foundation now reaches across the country, from Helsinki all the way to Lapland, through 18 IGDA Hubs. This week also marked the first Finnish Games Industry DEI Summit, hosted by Next Games together with Neogames and We In Games Finland. On the new game release front, Mopeful Games unveiled the trailer and Steam page for their upcoming WARDRUM, Boom Karts VR by Zaibatsu Interactive is out now on Quest with crossplay, and Phobos Down by FRACKTiLE Games has launched on Steam.
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Big News
- Housemarque reveals new trailer of coming tittle; Saros, that is now available for pre-order
- Remedy Entertainment brings Control Resonant to PS5 on 2026
- From Lapland to Helsinki, Finland is home to 18 unique IGDA Hubs, with long-term community work by IGDA Finland has helped build one of the strongest game development communities in the industry.
📰 Game Industry News, thoughts & discussions
- Jyväskylä Game Track project paves the way for indie developers toward game entrepreneurship
- Next Games hosted the first-ever Finnish Games Industry DEI Summit on December 9th, alongside Neogames and We In Games Finland
- VISIO is an immersive XR space opening in October 2026 at Oulu’s new Tiima museum and science center designed to enable new forms of creative storytelling, interactive content, and game experiences.
🎮News from and about Finnish Game Studios
- Sledders “First Snow”-update is out
- Mopeful Games announced WARDRUM trailer and Steam page
😍 NEW Finnish games released & soft launched
- Boom Karts VR by Zaibatsu Interactive is out now on Quest, supporting crossplay with the mobile edition.
- Phobos Down by FRACKTiLE Games is released on Steam
- Gaming Couch public Early Access is currently live
💰 Funding
- Business Finland organises Funding info session for R&D in the creative industries 2026 on 13th January. The event will be held in Finnish, subtitled in English and recorded.
- Supercell calls on companies to reach for potential partnerships on new website
🏫 Education
📝 Jobs & Recruitment
- Play Ventures Job Board
- Very good and detailed advices to make job application, by Jarkko Laine
- Check more tips and links from Neogames webpage
👉 Upcoming Events
- 16th January Business Finland: Funding info session for R&D in the creative industries.The event will be held in Finnish, subtitled in English and recorded.
- 19-20 January Pocket Gamer Connects London 2026
- Get the 20% discount with code GAMEDEVFI20
- 26-29 May Nordic Game Conference
See also following calendars:
The Game Industry Events calendar (mostly relevant for Finnish Game industry)
Game Conference Guide Calendar (more international (powered by EGDF and Slovakian games association)
Game Industry Biz
This week’s roundup highlights news from the past week in the Finnish Game Industry. In the future, this bulletin is again posted every Friday afternoon. You can find past weekly roundups from Weekly roundup section.
News are gathered from various industry sources and the Play Finland group posts during the week. Post your Finnish Game Industry related news to the group to get a chance to be included in the weekly roundup!
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Neogames Finland